IELTS Listening · Practice test
Fairhaven: IELTS Listening practice test
Volunteering at a seal sanctuary, a tour of the site, a whale-watching study and a lecture on whales.
- 4 parts
- 40 questions
- About 35 minutes
Part 1 · Questions 1–10
Volunteering at a seal sanctuary
You will hear a conversation between a man and the volunteer coordinator at a seal sanctuary.
Questions 1–6
Complete the form below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Volunteer Application
Questions 7–10
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
What to expect
Part 2 · Questions 11–20
A tour of the sanctuary
You will hear a guide showing visitors round a seal sanctuary.
Questions 11–15
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
- 11What does the guide emphasise about the sanctuary?
- AThe animals are intended to be released.
- BIt is the largest of its kind in the country.
- CThe same animals stay for many years.
- 12About a third of the animals are admitted because of
- Astorms in autumn.
- Bbecoming caught in waste fishing gear.
- Cdisease.
- 13What should someone do who finds a seal pup on a beach?
- Acarry it back to the water
- Bkeep away and telephone for advice
- Cwait with it until its mother returns
- 14The barriers are set well back because
- Aseals that lose their fear of people are injured later.
- Bthe ground nearer the pools is unsafe.
- Cthe animals may bite.
- 15In the nursery pool area, visitors must not
- Atake photographs at all.
- Buse a flash.
- Cbring children.
Questions 16–20
Label the plan below. Write the correct letter, A–H, next to questions 16–20.
- 16Nursery pool
- 17Treatment room
- 18Outdoor pools
- 19Fish kitchen
- 20Viewing platform
Part 3 · Questions 21–30
A whale-watching study
You will hear two students, Maja and Toby, discussing a study of whale-watching tourism with their tutor.
Questions 21–26
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
- 21What does the tutor say about the students' first question?
- AIt is too general to be worth asking.
- BIt would need more data than they can collect.
- CIt has been answered for this location already.
- 22Why should the students observe from land rather than from the boats?
- ASkippers behave differently when watched.
- BThe boats are usually full.
- CMeasurements at sea are less accurate.
- 23What minimum approach distance does the code set?
- Afifty metres
- Ba hundred metres
- Ctwo hundred metres
- 24What gap does the tutor identify in the voluntary code?
- AIt sets no limit on the number of boats present.
- BIts approach distance is too small.
- CIt does not apply in winter.
- 25When should the operators be interviewed?
- Aafter the observations are complete
- Bbefore any fieldwork begins
- Cat the same time as the observations
- 26What does he say students in this field often get wrong?
- AThey assume the operators are uninterested in conservation.
- BThey overestimate the number of tourists.
- CThey rely too much on published codes.
Questions 27–30
What does the tutor say about each of the following? Choose the correct letter, A–F, next to questions 27–30.
Advice
- AMeet the person responsible for it.
- BIt belongs in a separate study.
- CUse it only on the days they are observing.
- DThere is no right answer to this.
- EIt has already been done by the trust.
- FIt must be approved by the operators.
- 27the photo-identification catalogue
- 28a questionnaire for passengers
- 29the underwater sound recorder
- 30showing the operators the results first
Part 4 · Questions 31–40
The recovery of the great whales
You will hear part of a lecture about whales and whaling.
Questions 31–40
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Whales and whaling
The scale of the hunt
The moratorium
Recovery
Whales and the ocean